Japan’s top court deals blow to opponents of U.S. base on Okinawa
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top court on Tuesday ruled in favour of a government plan to relocate a U.S. military base on the island of Okinawa, dealing a blow to islanders’ efforts to get rid of the base altogether.
Bolivia says airline, pilot responsible for plane crash
LA PAZ (Reuters) – A Bolivian government investigation into the plane crash that killed dozens of Brazilian soccer players last month concluded that a Bolivian airline and pilot were directly responsible, Public Works Minister Milton Claros said on Tue…
New armed group emerges as threat in Central African Republic
DAKAR (Reuters) – A new armed group in Central African Republic has killed at least 50 civilians and displaced around 17,000 in a growing campaign to control parts of the country’s northwest, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Tuesday.
Cologne train station bomb threat was a false alarm, police say
BERLIN (Reuters) – Cologne’s main train station was briefly evacuated after a telephone bomb threat, but it turned out to be a false alarm, a German police spokesman said on Tuesday.
A dozen police killed in Peru after bus falls off a cliff
LIMA (Reuters) – At least 12 police officers were killed and a dozen were wounded in a remote Andean region in Peru when their bus skidded off an unpaved road and tumbled down a cliff, the government said on Tuesday.
Mali’s Tuareg separatists suspend participation in peace deal
DAKAR (Reuters) – The main separatist group in northern Mali, the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), has suspended its participation in a peace process initiated by a 2015 accord, according to a statement seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
PKK offshoot claims Kayseri bus bombing that killed 13 soldiers: Hurriyet
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – An offshoot of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for a weekend car bomb attack on a bus in central Turkey that killed at least 13 soldiers and wounded more than 50, the Hurriyet newspaper reporte…
EU agrees new gun rules after militant attacks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union agreed stricter gun rules on Tuesday but balked at a proposal for a complete ban on the most lethal semi-automatic weapons such as the Kalashnikov.
Ukraine investigates suspected cyber attack on Kiev power grid
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is investigating a suspected cyber attack on Kiev’s power grid at the weekend, the latest in a series of strikes on its energy and financial infrastructure, the head of the state-run power distributor said on Tuesday.
Aghast at Iran’s Syria gains, Gulf Arabs see potential in Trump
RIYADH (Reuters) – “Where are you, Oh Arabs, Oh Muslims, while we are being slaughtered?”
